Lyrl

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[–] Lyrl@lemm.ee 3 points 2 weeks ago

It's important for vote counts to to be independently checked. Having who voted publicly available means an investigative journalist can prove the county clerk's claim that dead people voted and so they can't certify the election is false. Or catch attempts at fraud. Both as a double-check on government in the case of officials who are lying or have acquired false beliefs, or as outside help if the issue isn't caught internally due to under-resoucing.

[–] Lyrl@lemm.ee 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Clearly it’s a multifaceted issue, but all other things being equal (same culture, same applicable social safety net, etc.), rich people do have more babies than poor countrymates: https://ifstudies.org/blog/more-babies-for-the-rich-the-relationship-between-status-and-children-is-changing

It’s a linear relationship for men, and u-shaped for women (middle-income women have fewer kids than poor women, but high-income women have more kids than middle-income women).

[–] Lyrl@lemm.ee 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Rich people do have more babies than poor countrymates: https://ifstudies.org/blog/more-babies-for-the-rich-the-relationship-between-status-and-children-is-changing

It's a linear relationship for men, and u-shaped for women (middle-income women have fewer kids than poor women, but high-income women have more kids than middle-income women).

Clearly it's a multifaceted issue, but all other things being equal, more money does make people more likely to have kids.

[–] Lyrl@lemm.ee 2 points 3 weeks ago

Their utility in both sexual and nonsexual applications makes coverage for just one use impractical. Soil testing machines and powdered metal formers use condoms to contain the loose material in the pressure vessel. They make hilarious balloons. They can keep gunpowder dry in combat.

I interned at a reseach lab that had powdered metal machines that used condoms. For a while, condoms were available as an open stores item. They pulled them due to way more being consumed than made sense for the amount of powdered metal research.

[–] Lyrl@lemm.ee 5 points 1 month ago

It's intended as a "this is the John Doe I'm talking about" kind of id, not a "the person with this card is John Doe" kind of id.

[–] Lyrl@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Lyrl@lemm.ee 5 points 3 months ago

The problem is the very pro-death penalty camp wants the dying process - not the being dead part after - to be the punishment. The pro-humane camp is generally anti-death-penalty enough they don't get a seat at the method-decision table.

[–] Lyrl@lemm.ee 18 points 3 months ago

Alabama tried that and managed to screw it up. You have to remove the carbon dioxide in the exhales to prevent the feeling of suffocation, and they didn't provide enough nitrogen flow to do that. Took like twenty minutes of clearly desperate gasping and convulsions for the guy to pass.

[–] Lyrl@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago

Does Arizona not have an online free system? Illinois has a very hand-holding guided set of questions and has for years, it's always been our federal taxes that make my head hurt to fill out via the IRS's FreeFillableForms site.

[–] Lyrl@lemm.ee 4 points 5 months ago

Her son died of cancer as a young adult. I have wondered if the abdominal xray while she was pregnant contributed to that.

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